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Almost all were against restricting vaping (Picture: Getty/Metro) AI bots forged more than three-quarters of responses to a government consultation on a lifetime smoking ban, new research has found. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will raise a ‘smoke-free generation’ by …

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Jonny DeLuca and pinch-hitter Ben Williamson singled home runs in a stunning 12th-inning rally, and the Tampa Bay Rays staved off World Series elimination with a 4-3 victory over the …

ANAHEIM — The pendulum has swung dramatically for these Ducks before and it did so over the course of 65 minutes in a game they led 5-2 but ended up losing in humiliating fashion. They were upended by the Vancouver …

LOS ANGELES — USC head football coach Lincoln Riley walked into a Bloom Football Performance Center media room that was filled wall-to-wall with reporters. The rumors had brought them in. Rumors that started to circulate seemingly as soon as the …

CHICAGO — Winless through their first six games of the season, the Kings went into the finale of their five-game road trip with victories in three of their past four contests. They held the Chicago Blackhawks in check for much …

LOS ANGELES — Ziaire Williams on Monday became one of the first targets of the NBA’s increased focus on flopping, when the league fined the Lakers forward $2,000 for a play during Sunday’s game against the Utah Jazz. Jazz rookie …

Fifteen candidates will vie for the right to deny Brandon Johnson a second term and become Chicago’s 58th mayor, but only if they can survive cutthroat petition challenges that could narrow the field considerably. Joining the mayoral field on the …

For the first time in its nearly 40-year history, the Soul Train Awards ceremony is coming home to Chicago. Presented in partnership with the city, the event will take place at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance on Nov. …

Bill Essayli, the chief federal prosecutor for the Central District of California, was found by a judge Tuesday to be illegally serving as a “de facto” U.S. attorney and thus should be disqualified from two cases. U.S. District Court Judge …

The family of an Inglewood Unified high school student has announced plans to file a claim against City Hall over allegations that Mayor James T. Butts Jr. inappropriately touched the girl during photo op at a city event in September. …

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Shaunice Christmas-Miller and her wife, Kendall, have the flexibility in their jobs to work from home on Thursday and watch Game 6 of the WNBA Finals despite the early tipoff on …

Witnesses to a Sept. 24 plane crash in Hesperia that killed two people indicated that they saw the tail of the plane wag back and forth before the airplane rolled over and nose-dived toward the ground, according to a preliminary …

A federal judge overseeing a case in which the U.S. Department of Justice is hoping to force California election officials to set aside the ballots of 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters will issue his ruling by Wednesday. U.S. District Judge David …

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s governing board voted unanimously Tuesday to suspend residential utility shutoffs through the end of the year and develop recommendations to update its electricity rate structure amid complaints about soaring bills. The resolution …

The Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Bestsellers List for the week ended Oct. 25 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. …